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Those in the North East or with fast enough connections to enjoy webcasts may be interested in live.stock ram/fm which starts broadcasting on Friday morning. Poets contributing incude myself, Bill Herbert (with guest slots from Sean O'Brien, Katrina Porteous and David Kinloch unless Bill's wiped them from his minidisc _again_) Paul Summers, Ian Dowson, Ellen Phethean and more. All in a mixed up with music and sound kind of way... website and other info below, best, Mark ....9AM 28 APRIL to 9AM 1 MAY 2000.... www.live-stock.org and 107. fm Open House at Arc: 9am-1am Friday & Saturday, 9am-11pm Sunday live-stock ram/fm presents 72 hours of experimental audio, transmitted live on local FM and webcast via the internet. Bringing together a wide range of material and participants from Britain and beyond, the project aims to create a sound collage of localities - an audio montage of exterior environments and interior lives. Contributions range from a verbal map of Stockton, advertising jingles and a poetic soundscape, to a sonic map of the body, live electronica, internet rap, a mobile phone choir and the dulcet tones of tea dancing blended into the mix. International guests include the Latvian-based media artists and activists Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits, who work in experimental net radio and co-founded the media centre E-Lab in Riga. Participating media arts organisations include Stockton on line, IDEA (Manchester), Synergy (Huddersfield), Irational (London) and Mute Magazine (London). Regional contributors include Billy Liar, Locus Plus, Tuesday Writers, the Hype Youth Project, Ellen Phethean, Cleveland Arts, Sharron Lea Owens and many more. -- Mark Robinson Programme Director, Arts & Humanities Centre for Lifelong Learning University of Durham 32 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN England [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%